The Gazette-Times
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE- BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
Volume 40, Number 20. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1923. Subscription $2.00 Per Year
HARDING'S PAPER
APPRAISES WORTH
Left Senate Reluctantly; Predict
ed His Death In Presidency;
Marion Friends Mourn.
NORTHWEST CLIPS
EGOISM IS SIN
1IFF KRESS TO
UNTO THE GRAVE
I r rr-i . T? t nm . r
More man une entry in ims Kace
y
Law to Be Effective After
September 15th.
4 STANDARD GRADES
New System Will Aid Growers Id
Gettlnf Good Prices On
Big Market..
fir C. EL 8 PENCE, State Mark Agant,
TZS Court House, Portland.
By proclamation of Governor Pierce
compulsory grading and labeling of
potatoes will be a law of Oregon on
and after September 16, and In con
nection with co-operative growers' as
sociations which are organizing in the
state, this law will no doubt greatly
help this Industry,
The new law provides for standard
grades and labeling, according to the
schedules of the United Slates De
partment of Agriculture. Inspection
will be under the state market agent
and will be handled in much the same
manner as grain Is now handled. The
government fixes four standard
grades, but it is not expected that any
one crop will be sorted Into four
grades, nor would such a practice be
desirable. Following is Grade No. 1
which will meet the requirements of
the most of the potatoes grown In
Oregon. Growers should clip and
preserve this:
. No. 1 shall consist of potatoes of
similar varietal characteristics which
are not badly misshapen, which are
free from freezing injury snd aoft
rot, and from dam nit caused by dirt
or other foreign matter, sunburn, sec
ond growth, growth cracks, hollow
hearts, cuts, scab, blight, dry rot, dis
ease, insects, or mechancial or other
means.
The diameter of potatoes or round
varieties shall be not less than 1 7-8
Inches and of potatoes of long variet
ies 1 3-4 inches. In order to allow for
variations incident to proper grading
and hsndling, not more than 6 per
cent, by weight, of any lot may be be
low the prescribed size, and, in addi
tion, not more than 6 per cent, by
weight, may be below the remaining
requirements of this grade, but not
to exceed one-third of this 6 per cent
tolerance shall be allowed for potatoes
affected by soft rot.
The other three established grades
are No. 1, small, No. 2 and Fancy No.
1. The fancy grade Is one that doubt
less can be developed In this state
with profit. Idaho puts out fancy
grade, every potato being separately
wrapped in paper like oranges and
these bring a high top price for select
markets. Oregon can develop the
same markets as this fancy stock can
be resdlly grown In many localities.
Standard grading and state inspec
tion of poatoes has long been needed
In Oregon as an aid to marketing.
Many states have long had these stan
dards and Oregon has been at a dis
advanage In the big markets. Deal
ers want to know just what they are
buying, and when they do not know,
the price they will pay mill make
them safe and the grower sorry. With
central selling agencies in position to
meet the demands of large buyers and
with guaranteed grades to the trade
Oregon potatoes should come to the
front.
Any farmer, fruit or vegetable
grower who would like to have the
Portland daily market report and
news service sent to him may have
such- free service by writing to the
State Market Agent, 723 Court House,
Portland. This service is compiled
daily In Portland by the U. S. Bureau
of Agricultural Economics and thru
co-operation with R. L. Ringer, mana
ger of the locnl bureau, this service
will be sent to those who desire it.
Inspection for Wheat
Certification Completed
The field Inspection of wheat for
certification In Morrow county was
completed the latter pnrt of July and
samples of the threnhed grain are
being assembled by County Agent
Morse for examination In the labora
tory. In past years the examination
of the threshed samples has been
waived but all fields that paused the
field tests have boen asked to submit
samples of the threshed grain and
a careful examination will be made
of this in the laboratory for mixtures.
This Is in the nature of a check on
the field counts for mixtures and will
Insure that only first class wheat will
be certified this year.
There was a total of more than
7000 acres examined for certification
and 3739 acres passed the tests with
904 Acres which will probably be add
ed as soon as a further check is made
on the fields. By fur the greater end
of the wheat paused this year is Tur
key Red, with but one field each of
Hard Federation, Early Baart and Hy
brid 128. Although a considerable
number of fields of Fortyfold were ex
amined none were passed due to varie
tal mixtures.
The following is a preliminary list
of fields pnssing the first Inspection.
The list passing final inspection will
probnbly contain the names of four
other fields nnd will be Issued as soon
as all the threshed samples are ex
amined. T. K. MitMin. Lexington, 400 acres Tur-
kry Ued, D1I.U4 Mixture. Hybrid 12H and
illumtrm.
II, K. Wnrner, I,oxlnjrlon, M0 itere Tur
key Kh1, M0; Mixtures, II. 8., Hyb., Jen-
ktiin nnd f , r.
HHrve McKmwrtH, ixington, Kfi arrtw
Turkey Kwl, ().; Mixtures, H. 8., Hyb.
anil Forty Fold.
Johnn Trui'dunn, lone, 100 acre Karly
Ilnnrt, MM; Mixture, (inlgnlos, 11. 8. and
trnrfl of Club.
Troy nogard, lone, 40 serin Turkey Rod,
vv.W, Mixture, iiyb. izm, ii. . and Hyb.
6.1.
Lawrence Rwidlntr, Kiirht Mile, 24 acres
Hani Ftttrrnlion, Wtt.KH ; Mixtures, Uftnrt
II, H. and Mnniiiln.
Lnwrcrip Redding, Klitht Mile, 110 arm
Turkey Kml, MM; Mixture. Jones Fife,
H. S. nnd F. F.
Tom Hoylon, Echo, 700 ncres Turkey 11171,
1)9.1)4 ; Mixture, Hyb. 12H, Ueardlras Tur
key, II. 8. and F. F.
Tom Hoylen, Keho, 1400 seres Hybrid
128, ttfl.RB; Mixtures, T. R., Red Chaff and
u lues tem.
v The following is the editorial com
ment upon President Harding's death
which appeared in the Marion (O.)
Star, the newsmaker owned by the late
President until a few months ago:
"President Harding Is dead.
"This brief message, flashed around
the globe, brought sorrow to the na
tion and touched the tenderest sym
pathies of the liberty-loving people
of every land. But here in Marlon,
where we knew and loved him as
Harding, the man; Harding, the fellow-citizen;
Harding, the neighbor,
and Harding, the friend rather than
Harding, the President the blackest
grief obtains.
"Those who were close to him can
hardly escape the feeling that It must
have been given to him to have seen
into the future, when, robust and the
picture of health, he told them short
ly before his Inauguration that he
would never come out of the Presi
dency alive. Those close to him know
that, contrary to the general view, he
left the Senate with the deepest re
gret to enter the Presidency. Those
close to him know that he realized
that the burden he was about to as
sume was such as never attempted by
mortal man, yet they hoped for the
best. Now In sorrow they realize that
he was a true prophet that he know
ingly gave himself a sacrifice to his
country.
"And It may be said here that this
great heart which was alike his
strength and his weakness proved
his undoing. Of all our Presidents,
he was the most democratic at heart
the most approachable. He added to
his already mighty burden by taking
on those of others. No appeal, no
matter how lowlly, was passed by him.
He gave freely too freely of his
time and effort. He never counted
the cost nor spared himself. In this
regard, the course which was his as
a citizen was his as the President.
The load he was bearing became
staggering, and this, and the fact that
he was weakened by the attack of in
fluenza some months since, and from
which he never recovered, made him
especially susceptible to the subtle
attack of ptomaine poisoning which
led to his death.
"Full appreciation of Warren G.
Harding, the President, will not be
written today pobably not In this
generation but posterity will weigh
his achievements as President, and
they have been many and great, at
their full worth.
"But the measure of Warren G.
Harding, the man, is today beyond all
question. That he was a man among
men all will concede. None will
question his bigness of heart, his
greatness of soul. He thought and
lived above the little things of life,
and yet was so thoroughly human that
to know htm was to love him; and
thus it is that today, while the nation
mourns, our people are stunned by the
passing of our citizen and friend
greatest and best beloved."
A New Angle On
Minnesota Senator
During the recent campaign and
lection of Magnus Johnson as U. S.
senator in Minnesota, the public
gained the impression that he Is a
radical. But Magnus Johnson is un
doubtedly a different type of a man
than the professional politician of the
accepted radical type.
He is a hard worker, has raised a
large family and his wife and his chil
dren are his assistants in running the
farm. A msn who owns land, farms ft
himself, earns his money from the
soil and wears real working clothes
covered with dirt and grease accu
mulated during manly toil, must have
good stuff In him.
whether Johnson Is a "destructive
radical" remains to be seen. A "con
structive" radical can exercise a far
wider influence than a "hard boiled
conservative.
A New York paper recently con
tained the following article. If the
quotation Is correct, Johnson has
sounded a wise keynote and shown
himself a student above the average:
Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 4 More
charity between man and man and
teaching of more consideration In
schools, coupled with a "greater love"
in churches, is the means which will
equip the United States to withstand
the onslaughts of radicalism, Senator
elect Magnus Johnson told celebrants
at Frenborn County community pic
nic here today.
Mr. Johnson paid a tribute to the
dead President before discussing ec
onomic problems. Good-fellowship
and service among business and Dro
resslonal men and the farmer was the
keynote of his talk.
"The press of the country has
wronged me," he said. "The pa
pers say I am profane 'I am rough
and care naught for books This is
untrue, I have access to a wonderful
library. I love books. 1 have read
until my eyes are greatly impaired.
"I am sorry that the pnpers of the
country, by their untruthful propa
ganda are causing the people to lose
confidence In what they have to say.
The press should be truthful. The
people are entitled to know the truth.
"If this country is to prosper and
to withstand the onslaughts of rad
icalism we must show more love In
the churches, teach more considera
tion in our schools and show more
charity between man and man."
Manufacturer.
BANK GETS GARAGE PROPERTY.
Tho Boardman garage property was
disponed of at sheriff's sale on Tues
day afcrnoon. The Arlington Nation
al Bnnk, principal creditor of the de
funct gnriige company, bid in the
properly at J1050, this being the best
bid offered. This business failed
some time since and It Is understood
Mint there whs not enough assets to
anywhnro near satisfy the claims of
creditors.
TEACHES FOR 8A1.B-Enrly Craw-
fords, Orango Cling, Mulrs and El
bertas, 90 and 9(1, 1.00; 84, 75, 11.10;
70 and larger, (125. Prepaid, Craw-
fords and Clings are ready now. A.
E. ANDERSON. R. 1. The Dallaa. On.
Lines Opened By Pacific
Wool Growers.
1923 WOOLS BETTER
Much Wool Still Unsold and In the
Banda of Producers; Consigned
Clipa to be Taken First.
Portland, Or., Aug. 21. The Pacific
Cooperative Wool Growers of Port
land, Oregon, have just opened their
lines of graded and original bag wools
for the light-weight season. The ac
cumulation consists of wools gathered
from the states of Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, and Northern California.
The organization, which is one of the
largest strictly cooperative selling or
ganizations in the United States, is
composed of 2500 wool growers re
siding on the Pacific Coast, who grade
and market their sales through their
own selling agency in a strictly mer
chantable condition, directly to mills
and reputable wool merchants. Scour
ing wools are scoured and offered in
this condition.
Offerings for this fall contain a
large portion of graded and tagged
Valley wools, and a good sized accu
mulation of the famous Umpqua wool.
These wools are well and favorably
known among the trade for their ex
ceptionally desirable handling qualit
ies and their lightness and softness.
In addition, there is a sizeable offer
ing of choice white scouring Idaho
farm wools. These are surprisingly
light this season and are well grown.
Among the grease wool offerings are
a number of the most celebrated or
iginal bag fine wool clips of the
Northwest, Including some of the well
known Lakevlews from Lake county
and Humboldts from Northern Cali
fornia. These clips range up to 100,
000 pounds per lot, and are the pro
duct of years of breeding. The As
sociation also offers a large line of
commercially sorted mohair.
R. A. Ward, manager of the Wool
Growers, states that many of the
wools this year are lighter and better
grown than was the 1922 clip. Par
ticularly is this true of the wools
from Eastern Oregon. He believes
that the reports of the amount of
wool sold in the Northwest are some
what overestimated, and that when
the season closes it will be found that
there is more wool on the ranches
and at the various country concentra
tion points than was at first supposed.
Wool men estimate about three mil
lion pounds on hand at ranches or in
country warehouses in Oregon alone.
There has been a heavy consignment
of wools to Chicago, Boston, and to
the Association in Portland. The wool
market is very slow and did not show
the expected activity at the opening
of the light weight season. No im
mediate activity is expected. The
Pacific Cooperative Wool Growers
point out that when mill buying is re
sumed supplies will probably be
drawn first from consignment stocks
in the hands of associations and east
ern dealers, and that those wools
which have been aggressively offered
to mills will be considered and taken
before any attention is paid to wools
out in the country. This would indi
cate that wools still in the country
are likely to stay there for some time
unless they are consigned to growers'
selling agencies or wool houses that
will offer them to the mills.
Big Crop of Fine Irrigon
Peaches Being Shipped
County Agent Morse hai been
spending several days the past week
at Irrigon and Boardman, where he
ie interested with the people on these
projects in working out some of their
problems. Before leaving Irrigon he
was presented with a box of very fine
Elberta peaches from the orchard of
C. E. Glasgow. Just 18 of these
peaches wore required to fill an or
dinary pneking crate, and the fruit
is very excellent quality. Mr. Glas
gow is now packing and shipping the
peaches to market. His trees were
so heavily laden, even after he had
thinned the fruit to a point where he
felt he was safe, that his trees are
breaking down badly and he is suf
fering considerable waste on this ac
count. Because of its favorable location
the Irrigon project is ideal for the
production of fruits and vegetables.
Mr. Morse is of the opinion that cher
ries will be the most profitable crop
for these poeple, as they will be able
to reach market with finely matured
fruit several weeks ahead of any
other point, thus demanding the big
price, i ne cnerry trees at Irrigon, in
many instances, have suffered from
winter killing, but this difficulty will
De overcome, and with better pollni
atlon the crops of Royal Anns,
Bings and Lamberts that can be pro
duced there and sold on the early
market will be large and of excellent
quality.
Northwest Hay & Grain
Show Dates Changed
The Northwest Hay and Grain Show
which has In past years been held at
the same time as the Round-Up at
Pendleton will be held on October 25,
26 and 27th this year, according to an
announcement received by County Ag
ent morse. L.ast year Morrow county
mHue an excellent snowing or thresh
ed grains making some 30-odd exhib
its nt tho show. With a much better
quality of wheat this yoar there
should be no trouble taking over a
large exhibit of first class wheat
The exhibits will be handled the
same as In the past years by sending
iun sacKs oi wheat that will be clean
ed down to one bushel lots. Anyone
having good wheat wishing to make
an exhibit should leave a sack at his
warehouse and notify the County Ag
ent who will see that it Is recloaned,
sent to Pendleton and entered in the
owner's name at the show,
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popuct; A V) V cow; JsjzB
price race! JSi X. S
Oregon Normal School
Is A Model Institution
Owing to wise provisions laid down
In the rules adopted by the first board
of Regents the Oregon State Normal
School at Monmouth has become a
model educational Institution for any
one of the forty-eight states.
The school Is confined absolutely to
training teachers for the public
schools, all other professional train
ing Is excluded from its courses of
study, as well as intercollegiate ath
letics.
Whatever is required to equip a
young man or woman to be an effi
cient instructor in any of the grades
of the public schools, including good
nanr.ers, conduct in relation to pu
pils, and the community, is taught.
There are four terms annually, the
school operating through the year,
and all entering must sign an agree
ment that they propose teaching In
the public schools for at least two
years, paying tuition of $24 a year.
The annual enrollment is 1200 and
summer schools extending the stand
ards of the State Normal School are
held at Pendleton and Ashland in dis
tant parts of the state to save stud
ents traveling expenses.
First class dormitory service of
rooms, board and laundry, (no extras
but ten cents an hour for an electric
flatiron,) are furnished at six dollars
a week, and the school makes a profit
on that for upkeep.
The dormitory has earned a sur
plus each year out of which repairs
and new buildings In the way of ex
tensions are made and paid for, and
students are permitted to work and
are paid by the hour to help expenses.
The institution is democratic. There
is nothing ree. On the other hand
the equipment and teaching force are
as good as money will supply and the
pupils are given positions in the state
schools at good pay.
Grab Beginning to
Arrive at Lexington
While the great big rush of grain
hauling is not yet on at Lexington
by a whole lot, it is beginning, and
as time goes by the great crop of that
section will be piling up, filling the
warehouses to overflowing, and likely
covering up the vacant spaces in the
vicinity of the railroad track about
the depot grounds. So far, the sup
ply of cars has been pretty good, and
shipments are going out daily, up to
Saturday last 80,000 sacks had been
left at the Scott & McMillan ware
house, of which 14.000 had been load
ed into cars for the Portland market.
This warehouse has received most of
the grain brought to town up to date,
but the warehouse of Burgoyne & Son
is being prepared for the receiving of
their portion, which will begin arriv
ing in quantities in a few days. The
Scott & McMillan warehouse can cov
er 90,000 sacks of grain, but they do
not expect this capacity will take
care of what they will be compelled
to handle, and in connection with the
other warehouse, but about half of
what the section is producing this
season will be put under cover. It is
not anticipated at this time by the
warehousemen at Lexington that they
will receive cars fast enough to keep
their platforms cleared up, and they
will have to prepare for piling on the
outside.
Mr. Scott gives It as a conservative
estimate that the Lexington section
will bring in to the warehouses 260,-
000 sacks of grain. To date that sec
tion has required 2H8.000 sacks for the
handling of the crops, and the farm
ers are coming back for more. First
estimates on tho yield are being ex
ceeded by about 25 per cent. T. W.
Lutsforth will require 1600 more
sacks than he thought necessary at
the beginning of harvest, and scarce
ly a wheat raiser of the Lexington
country but Is having to call for addi
tional supplies, and the yield will like
ly be tho largest in the history of
that pnrt of the county. Mr. Scott
thinks an additional 20,000 sacks will
be needed to care for the crop.
As indicated by the shipments al
ready made, considerable wheat has
passed Into the hands of tho buyers.
The highest price paid there for Tu
key Red has been 84 cents. This
wheat is bringing from 80 cents to
84 cents, while Hybrid 128 is bring
ing as high as 88 cents. A little wheal
In this locality was contracted early
at f 1, and many are the regrets heard
that this price was not more gencr
ally accepted.
CREAM SITUATION
UNSATISFACTORY
Oregon Dairymen Receiving Less
For Cream Than Those
In California.
Under this caption, C. L. Hawley,
State Dairy and Food Commissioner,
has the following to say in the July
Bulletin:
A year ago, under the
heading.
"Ship Your Cream Oftener in Hot
Weather," we wrote and published an
article in our bulletin, "relative to the
handling of cream. Today we are
sorry to have to chronicle the fact
that general conditions have grown
worse rather than better.
The dairymen of California are net
ting up to 6 cents per pound butterfat
morr for their cream than the Oregon
drfrfymeli. This means an approxi
mate loss to the Oregon dairymen of
$1.40 on every ten-gallon can, which
is simply the price of his lack of
proper care and cleanliness.
Southern California markets are
calling for large quantities of fancy
butter butter scoring 92 to 93, and
these markets are open to Oregon
creameries, or at least would be if our
butter had the required quality, but
too little of it measures up to their
standard.
Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and
Los Angeles markets are loaded with
undergrade butter. A careful analy
sis of the situation reveals that the
reason for the difference in price here
and in California is due to the fact
that in California a large proportion
of the cream when marketed is sweet,
or nearly sweet, clean and of desir
able flavor. As a result, most of the
California butter is of a high stand
ard, on which the price is established.
It Is the opinion of this office that
the quality of Oregon cream must be
raised to a higher standard. Com
petitive conditions will then automat
ically force the local cream market to
the higher level.
Proper cooperation between the
creamerymen and the dairymen will
soon bring about the desired condi
tion. Cream should be bought on grade
and paid for according to quality. Let
tlie creamerymen stand together on
this proposition and let the dairymen
stand together and back them up by
patronizing the creamery that does
buy on grade and by furnishing the
highest possible quality of cream.
A ith the records Oregon cowa have
made in butterfat production and with
the climatic conditions that make
those records possible and at the same
time make it possible to produce but
ter second to none in quality, it is a
burning shame that we should be con
tent to produce a low grade, low
priced product.
nlse economy has in the past, and
till is handicapping this the second
largest Industry in the state. This
nartment has never had a sufficient
number of inspectors to do the work
that should be done not nearly as
many as have our neighboring states
both north and south of us and since
the last session of the legislature
ade a big reduction In our annual
appropriation we are worse off than
ever. It is, therefore, impossible for
this office to take the active part it
would like to take in cream improve
ment campaigns. We will, however.
n'nke a few suggestions which, if care
fully followed owt, will aid very ma
tciiaUy in improving the quality of
cream marketed and in turn the qual- j
ity of butter made therefrom. These!
suggestions, of course, are not new to I
you, but it is often necessary to be i
frequently reminded of things we al-'
remly know.
Quality Suggestions.
1. Milk barn and surroundings
should be clean and sanitary and
cows' udders should be thorough-
denned before each milking.
2. Feeds which affect the flavor of
the milk, such as turnips, frozen kale,
cabbage and certain silage feeds
should be fed only after milking.
3, Cool cream before mixing (a
cream cooler is recommended). Keep
cream cool while holding and ship
three times weekly is possible.
4. Sell your cream sweet, or as
near sweet as possible.
5. Have your cream test around 85
per cent.
ft. Wash and sterilize separator
and utensils after ench milking. First
flush separator with skim milk; then
follow with luke warm water; then
take down parts, wash with washing
Old Pony Express to Be
Re-Enacted This Month
Omaha, August 20. How the old
Pony Express operated during the
Civil War and how it is to be re-enacted
this month, is told in the Union
Pacific Magazine, which is being dis
tributed today. Buffalo Bill's nephew,
William F. Cody Goodman, will lead
off on the first lap from St. Joseph,
Missouri, on August 31. The run wily
end at San Francisco on California's
Admission Day, September 9. The
fastest Pony Express record of 7 days
Land 17 hours, which was made with
President Lincoln's inaugural address
in 1861, may be broken, although the
celebration this year is designed to
call attention to the Pony Express
rather than to break records. The
route of the old Pony Express closely
parallels the route of the San Francisco-Overland
Limited of the Union
Pacific-Southern Pacific, except that
the train goes through Omaha and the
Pony Express started at St Joseph.
Of the 61 Pony Express riders re
corded in history, only 6 survive,
Charles Cliff of St. Joseph, who may
ride for a few blocks in St. Joseph be
fore turning his mount over to Buf
falo Bill's nephew, W. H. Streeper of
Farmington, Utah, Tom Panahan of
Los Angeles, Charles Becker of West
fall, Oregon, and John Seabeck and
William Pridham, both of Alameda.
California. The Pony Express lasted
from April 8, 1860 to October 24, 1861
when the Pacific Telegraph was com
pleted. Many of the pony express
men later became drivers for Ben
Holladay's stage line that was dis
continued upon the driving of the
Golden Spike at Promontory, Utah,
connecting the Union and Central
Pacifies. The Pony Express required
the services of 80 riders, 420 horses,
190 stations and 400 station men. The
longest contnuous trip without a for
mal rest period was 322 miles, made
by Buffalo Bill at the age of 16.
Settled at Heppner
In The Fall of 1879
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cowins are truly
pioneer residents of Heppner. having
settled here in the fall of 1879. and
made this place their home contlnu-:
ously ever since. Heppner was not ;
much of a town at that time, and Mr. i
and Mrs. Cowins have seen its devel- !
opment along with the surrounding1
country, and they have also taken 1
their share of the hardships incident
to pioneer conditions, as their lives
have been spent in pioneering. When I
but a lttle girl, Mrs. Cowins crossed
the plains with her parents In 1850 !
the year that the Indians caused the
emigrant trains so much trouble. They 1
settled at Placerville, then known as
Hangtown, California, where Mrs.
Cowins resided until 1868 and during
which time she and Mr. Cowins were
married. Her home and birthplace
was Iowa before coming west, and In
1869 she and Mr. Cowins returned to
that state, and Mrs. Cowins becoming
ill, she was advised by her physician
to travel, so they undertook the jour
ney across the plains again, taking
two years for the trip. As a young
man, Mr. Cowins learned the picture
business, and he traveled about Iowa
and visited the different towns taking
pictures, and so they decided to con
tinue this work and make their way
to the Pacific coast Being outfitted
with a big tent in which to live and
another for the picture gallery, they
set out on the long journey, which
was not devoid of hardships, but in
which they were fully compensated
by the full restoration of Mrs. Cow
ins' health, and ever since that time
she has enjoyed vigorous health. For
about 80 years Mr. and Mrs. Cowins
have been journeying together down
life's pathway. He is now 82 and she
is 80, and it would seem that they had
yet many years of life before them,
as the burden of years has rented
lightly. Yet they can realize that
they are on the far western shore and
they cannot hope to be spared their
long journey a great while. It is in
deed a pleasure to talk over life's ex
periences with some of these old pion
eers, and Mr. and Mrs. Cowins have
a very interesting story to re lata.
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perishable product.
All Knowledge Not Contained In
One Head; Doctors Should
Make Use Cooperation.
By Frederick D, Strieker, M. D of
the Oregon State Board of Health.
In the small village where we spent
our childhood days there lived an
aged, white-bearded man who prac
ticed medicine. It was said that he
chose to practice medicine as the re
sult of a dream. He went to bed one
night and dreamed that he was a doc
tor. The next morning when he got
up be bought a professional looking
satchel, opened an office, and was a
full-fledged physician. In those days
of plague and pestilence no other
preparation for the great responsibil
ities of the care and treatment of the
tick were necessary. But today, in
the conceit of our present civiliza
tion, we smile as we think in the
words of the cartoonist "Them Days
are Gone Forever." Our great and
beloved State would not tolerate her
people to suffer such an imposition
at the hands of some im poster who
sacrifices human life for personal fa
vor and other emoluments. Our
proud boast, our beautiful words are
hurled back like a boomerang to
mock us. Listen to the pitiful com
plaint of a bereaved parent:
"On Saturday, June 9, 1923, Dr.
was called to our home because of
the illness of our little son, nine
years of age. Upon examination the
Dr. said, 'Well, some doctors
would call this diphtheria, but I call
it a bad ease of tonsilitis.' M We
wish to call you attention to the
mighty "I". The "I" that is allotted
but a few brief yeara of egoism, that
knows more than all the accumulated
scientific knowledge of the centuries.
Two days later the Doctor returned
and made a throat culture; two days
later a positive laboratory diagnosis.
"Saturday night the Doctor called.
She brought some sort of an electrical
machine wiht which she has been ex
perimenting for the past few months."
l he day the culture was made some
medicine was left, "which was to take
the place of the anti-toxin or serum
used by the medical profession in the
case of diphtheria. On Saturday,
June 16th, at 1:30 p. m. he died in
my arms.
The final paragraph of the letter is
a severe indictment of those who
would cheat the legally constituted
agencies whose purpose it is to pro
tect the life and health of our people.
Why create such a protecting organ
ization and then leagalize acts in di
rect opposition to the purposes of
such an organization?
"Realizing that there Is nothing I
can do for my poor baby, and sensing
that he sleeps today from a SO
CALLED doctor's deceit, conceit, and
malpractice, I am calling your atten
tion to the utter lack of co-operation
evinced in this case. When she called
on Saturday night, her duty to co-operate
with you began, and the health
authorities should have been imme
diately notified, and we would have
been advised by the authorities
what to do to protect him. Instead,
light was made of it; we attended the
graduation exercises on Sunday after
noon, my wife and boy and I were at
perfect liberty to come and go as we
pleased until Wednesday evening and
baby died Saturday. The communitv.
children and parents, should be pro
tected against the recurrence of such
a case as this, and if this merits a
thorough investigation by you gen
tlemen I wish you would do so and
let me know what you accomplish.
It has ruined one life and practically
the life of the parents."
Former Heppner Girl
Marries Corvallis Man
Mr, and Mrs. E. W. Rhea of Mad
ras, Oregon, announce the marriaee
of their daughter Irene to Mr. Ray
mond Eugene Price, on Tuedav. Aue-
ust the 14th, 1923, at Portland, Ore
gon. Mrs. Price formerly lived at Heno-
ner with her parents, prior to their
removal to Big Butter creek in the
vicinity of Hermiston. She has been
student at O. A. C. for the past
several years, finishing her course in
that institution. Mr. Price is also
a graduate of O. A. C. and the young
people will make their home in Cor
vallis. Beaverton Woman Dies
At Home of Son Here
Sufferinc a stroke nf nm1vi. -ltr
last Tuesday morning, Mrs. Anna
aiary noiDoxe oi Beaverton. Oregon,
passed away during that night at the
home of her son, Frank J. Holboke on
Balm Fork. With her husband, G.
Holboke, she had been visiting for
Several Weeks with hr inn nnA ntka
members of her family here. The at-
wic came on very suddenly and was
so severe that death was thm riilt
several hours later.
The remains were prepared for bur
ial by M. L. Case, and were shipped to
Beaverton this morning, the funeral
to be held at that place on Saturday.
Fcur sons of Mr. and Mrs. Holboke
residinc hent. unrl nthor ml u t i tA. lin
ing at lone, departed for Beaverton to-
uy wj attend the luneral wrvlces.
INSTALLS NEW CRl'SHER.
A new rock crusher, purchased re
cently by the county, arrived the first
oi the week and was taken out to the
quarry on Heppner flat, where it Is
being placed in position. This new
machine will do a class of work that
could not be performed on the old
crusher, and will grind the material
down fine for the surfacing work on
the macadam highway. It is a moose
of a machine and appears to be built
strong enough to crush any kind of
rock that might be fed Into its maw.
The county hits been going up against
some hard rock to handle a tthe Jones
quarry, much of it being of such na
ture that it scaled off rather than
crushed, but this new machine ought
to handle the stuff satisfactorily.
To Take the Tariff Out of
Politics Is Aim.
TO BE NON-PARTISAN
Denver Meeting to Create Medium for
Discnsaion of Tariff; Delegate!
From Western States.
Denver, Colo., Aug. 21 The move
ment of w stern producers, aided by
bankers, Chambers of Commerce and
eivie bodies in an effort to take the
tariff out of partisan politics and se
cure the adoption of a permanent tar
iff policy suited to the needs of the
West, took definite form today when
Governor Sweet of Colorado and oth
er western governors joined with tho
producers in a call for a Western
Tariff Congress. The congress will
be held in Denver early In October,
the exact time to be announced at an
early date.
The officers of the congress are E.
M. Ammons, former governor of Cot
orado, chairman; Frank J. Hagen
barth of Salt Lake City, chairman of
the organization committee and J. A.
Arnold of Fort Worth, Texas, active
head of the Southern Tariff Associa
tion, manager.
The movement fs declared to be
strictly non-partisan with the pri
mary purpose of taking the tariff out
of partisan politics, creating a me
dium for the discussion of the tariff
and other economic issues which af
fect the welfare of western produc
ers and to assist in maintaining the
present tariff duties upon western
products.
"It is to be a congress in which
traders, tariff-for-revenue, competi
tive tariff and protective tariff advo
cates can participate without surren
dering their views," former Govern
or Ammons stated in explaining the
purpose of the congress. "Regard
less of our convictions on tariff pol
icies or government, we can surely
all agree that the tariff should be
treated as an economic issue; that the
farmers of the west are entitled to
tne same treatment as the manufac
turers of the east; that the men who
toil upon the farms, in the mines and
factories of this country should not
be brought into destructive competi
tion with the pauper labor of foreign
countries and that the rates on our
western products in the present tariff
act should be given a fair trial be
fore making any reductions.
"The congress will afford a non-partisan
forum where the western pro
iducera, the bankers, chambers of com
' merce, the press and all civic bodies
can express their views on tariff pol
icies of government best adapted to
the progress and prosperity of the
west."
The congress will be composed of
delegates appointed by non-partisan
organizations covering ail productive
industries of western states, it waa
stated at the headquarters of the or
ganization here. Every line of pro
duction activity is expected to be rep
resented to present the problems of
their particular industry with refer
ence to tariff levies, and especially
the effect of the present tariff rates
on their product.
To Try Out Slimmer
Poisoning of Rabbits
In order that they may fully dem
onstrate the efficacy of a new system
of poisoning for rabbits that can be
applied during the summer season,
Mesj-rs. Ira N. Gabrielson and Roy
Fug&te, having charge of rodent work
for the U. S. Biological department,
arrived at Heppner on Wednesday,
and today went on out to Boardman,
in company with County Agent Morse.
Mr. Fugate will be stationed at that
(point for some time, where he will
(try out the experiment of poisoning
the rabbits at this time of year. The
rabbits are there in large numbers.
and should the new method of des
troying them prove successful here
as it has at other points, it will aid
materially in their extermination. Af
ter getting the work under way at
Boardman, Mr. Gabrielson will move
on to other points where his services
are greatly needed.
ALFALFA HAY.
Messrs. Brown A Lowry this wek
received a consignment of first cut
ting of baled hay from Hermiston,
and are now prepared to furnish the
hfppner market with this commodity.
The hay is of very excellent quality
and can be furnished direct from the
warehouse. Their phone is 643.
Money to loan. Box 416, Hernnr.
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